Giant rainbow peace symbol unveiled at Glastonbury

Glastonbury have unveiled a giant, rainbow peace symbol in front of the Pyramid stage.

The festival has shared a video on its Instagram page, with a list of ways that people attending the event can celebrate peace, hope and unity this year.

'Bringing people together and inspiring hope for a better tomorrow'

Bosses said: "From the very beginning, Glastonbury Festival was established to celebrate the best of human endeavour, with ideals of peace, unity, respect and hope underpinning all that the Festival stands for.

"In a world still challenged by global events, we will again be hosting events across the Festival aimed at bringing people together and inspiring hope for a better tomorrow."

They have shared a few ways you can celebrate peace, hope and unity at Glastonbury this year.

• Wednesday, 3.15m: The Tree Stage opening ceremony sees the official band of the Flame of Hope setting a soulful mood ahead of the official opening ceremony of the ambient Tree Stage with special meditations, celebrations, offerings and the ceremonial lighting of the Tolpuddle fire
• Wednesday, 10pm: The traditional opening ceremony in the Green Fields will see the Flame of Hope honoured with a thousand voices who will unite in a powerful mantra for Peace.
• Thursday, 10.30pm: Join the biggest Mantra For Peace ever seen at The Festival
• Thursday, 1.15pm: As part of the Green Fields’ Mantra for Peace, peace-building activists from Israel and Palestine will be making an address in the King’s Meadow
• Holding Onto Hope: Inviting you to literally plant the seeds of hope with an immersive art installation, commissioned by War Child at Silver Hayes
• Oxfam’s Milaya Refugee Arts Project: Honouring the refugees who fled Sudan and South Sudan at the Oxfam tent based at Woodsies
• The Information, Silver Hayes: a hub for thought-provoking discussions boasts an invigorating line-up that includes Israeli and Palestinian peace delegates (Fri, 5pm) and a talk on Collective Optimism (Thur, 3.45pm)

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